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TIL that Photoshop will reject an image of money due to anti-counterfeit measures

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6yjm TIL: In the 1500’s, the Iroquois tribes designed quite an elaborate political system. This included a bicameral (two-house) legislature, much like the British Parliament and modern U.S. Congress. Such a complex political arrangement was unknown in Europe at that time.
jQBM TIL that around 4% of all the cheese made in a year ends up being stolen
v1D07 TIL the Iranian revenge attack on US airbases in January 2020 actually injured over 100 soldiers, but this was not disclosed until seven weeks later.
KO0Ya TIL about Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) who delivered a 1950 Senate floor speech ("Declaration of Conscience") against McCarthyism - while he was seated behind her. McCarthy removed her from a subcommittee and financed her (unsuccessful) primary challenger. She voted for his censure in 1954.
yQgaV TIL that the louder a male’s howler monkey’s roar, the smaller his reproductive organs. His testicles, to be specific—according to researchers at Cambridge University.